Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds is written by bird experts for bird fanciers and is packed with club, show and bird related news, advice, birds for sale and comment. Established in 1902, Cage & Aviary Birds provides a wealth of practical advice and tips from the top names in the bird world, plus opinion, controversy, species and hobbyist profiles and nostalgia.

Norfolk FBA celebrates two years of breeding results

NBFA section winners

Pathway to success in fighting avian diseases

QUOTE of the WEEK

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Mixing it up to woo a mate

Calling time on the regent honeyeater

PARROTS & PEOPLE

A closer look at eggs

RED MILLET: SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Editor’s Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

TALK OF THE TYNE • In with the new! Norman celebrates three innovations that demonstrate the confidence and enterprise of fanciers in and beyond his own North East region

From showing to conditioning • It’s that exciting time of transition for OLIVER CROWTHER, when the show cages are stored away and the pre-breeding diets are fed – with so much to look forward to

BIRD FOOD: the basics for buyers • No fundamental of birdkeeping is more important than the provision of good food. And how good does it have to be? The best you can afford, of course – but that brings in considerations of cost, sourcing and the practicalities of delivery and storage. In this special article, Cage & Aviary Birds sets out the guidelines that any birdkeeper should follow. We also include a survey (right) of a selection of feed suppliers to assist with those purchasing decisions. By ROB INNES, with additional reporting from FRED WRIGHT

FEED COMPANIES TO WATCH

Unique and marvellous: a beauty with red ‘eyes’ • One of the chief avian treasures of the Neotropics, the fabulous sunbittern has a display that is matched perhaps only by that of the peacock. BILL NAYLOR enthuses over a bird that is so singular it occupies its own family and, furthermore, never fails to impress in a collection

Pointers on cinnamon and allied • With the strategic aim of being able to win best in every class, ADAM KENDALL is paying special attention to these colours, which the Kendall Stud is looking to bring on strongly during 2022

Fred Wright’s BUDGERIGAR DIARY • Fred sets the record straight on mentoring as he feels best able, commends the latest winner of a prestigious award and revisits a thorny problem for breeders and judges

Towards a bluecrown colony • Last year, ROSIE BLAMPIED made excellent progress in her quest to breed blue-crowned hanging parrots – and now she intends to build on that success. Dave Brown puts the questions on accommodationg, diet and weaning

Brilliant to keep, a challenge to breed • That’s the Pekin robin, says GARY BRALSFORD in his regular bulletin – but it’s certainly a deserved favourite among softbill fans

Back to budgies! • After loving the budgie fancy as a junior, MARTIN LAMBERT has been away and come back – to find that the names are similar but the birds are very different

Intensive red steals the show! • Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that’s all about you

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

GERRY PARKER: A MESSAGE FROM ALL AT TRIMDON CBS

Strong turnout in North Wales

What’s on this Week • Club meetings nationwide